A 5-episode Mini Drama, Freeze stars Lee Seo Jin (Damo, Firebird, Shadowless Sword) as Jung Won, a vampire who has lived for most of his 350 years of age trying to forget the love he lost. He runs a luxurious bar with his friend and fellow vampire Ihwa (Park Han Byul of Ode To The Han River and Wishing Stairs). All she could do was observe and protect her friend from afar (emotionally), as he closed himself to any new emotion, afraid of suffering the same tragedy. But once he meets human Ji Woo (Son Tae Young of Yeon Gaesomun and To Marry a Millionaire) all those emotions frozen by time start to melt away for Jung Won. And of course Ihwa is not too happy about that…
What was the most important wind change in the Korean TV Drama industry during 2006? The increasing market domination of outsource production companies like Olive Nine (Jumong, Hwang Jini), Yoon’s Color (The Snow Queen, Spring Waltz) or Yellow Film (Alone in Love)? The market-wide move to (finally!) complete most of the show before broadcast, American-style? No, it was cable. For over a decade just a blip in the radar, cable channels have finally started raising their voice, coupled with the increasing number of subscribers, and the problem non-mainstream Dramas have finding a spot on Network TV. Cable channels like OCN (Hyena, Someday), and SuperAction (Dasepo Girls Series) have started doing something for the first time: producing TV Dramas. Without the pressure of viewer ratings, most of these shows complete shooting before broadcast, boast visuals comparable with films, and have more space to experiment in their new environment. One of those examples, one of the first to come out on DVD, is CGV Cable Channel’s Freeze.
Freeze was produced by Music Video/CF mainstay Jung Jae Hoon, who worked with Han Ji Seung on Alone in Love as assistant producer, a show from the same production company Yellow Film. The rights for the drama were sold to Japan for 1.2 Billion Won even before completing its shoot.
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SELaplana, 11 January 2007 at 




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